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| | New England Online - Chatham Cape Cod Travel Article |
 | | Fifty years later, an enterprising Englishman, William Nickerson, purchased four square miles of the landmass that made up Chatham from the Monomoyick for a shallop (small boat), ten coats, six kettles, twelve axes, twelve hoes, twelve knives, and forty shillings in wampum, a hat and twelve shillings in coins. |
 | | There are no external neon lights or side street vendors, and the signage is in no way “tacky.” Its residents take great pride in the visual appeal of their town with its tree-lined Main Street, quaint shops, and a working lighthouse, whose beacon at night still illuminates the harbor and seventy miles of coastline. |
 | | When I asked Dave and Jan what made them purchase the Inn, they indicated that the town of Chatham reminded Jan of the English Village she grew up in, and as for Dave, it was like a homecoming- he grew up on the south shore only fifty miles from Chatham. |
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